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How is a home's value
determined?
What's a house worth?
How do I prepare my house
to sell?
How can I improve the
value of my property?
What are the standard
ways of finding out how
much a home is worth?
American Lighthouse
Estates, Inc.
225 Bush Street,
Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 839-6233
Sellers : What's a house worth?
A home ultimately is worth what someone will pay for
it. Everything else is an estimate of value. To
determine a property's value, most people turn to
either an appraisal or a comparative market analysis.
An appraisal is a certified appraiser's estimate of the
value of a home at a given point in time. Appraisers
consider square footage, construction quality, design,
floor plan, neighborhood and availability of
transportation, shopping and schools. Appraisers
also take lot size, topography, view and landscaping
into account. Most appraisals cost about $350 - $450.
A comparative market analysis is a real estate
broker's or agent's informal estimate of a home's
market value, based on sales of comparable homes in
a neighborhood. Most agents will give you a
comparative market analysis for free.
You can do your own cost comparison by looking up
recent sales of comparable properties in public
records. These records are available at local recorder
or assessor offices, through private real estate
information companies or on the Internet.
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